Recognizing the signs and symptoms of ADHD can be vital to have this disorder successfully treated and help the person who suffer from it get a better studying as well as life quality. In this post, you will know how to recognize the possibility of ADHD in the children as well as adult by using some observation.
The risk factor
If you have known the causes of ADHD, you will know that one of the most possible causes of this disorder is the genetic factors. ADHD runs in family so if you know that the kid/adult you are monitoring has parents and/or siblings with ADHD, it’s very likely that he/she has ADHD too.
Observing
By observing only, you can know 80% whether a kid/adult is suffering from ADHD or not. However, there is one critical thing you need to know, the signs and symptoms of ADHD are not identical among the children and adults. That’s why it’s very important to take the developmental level of the children/adult you are monitoring into account. In kids, at the pre-school age, it’s quite common to see they hyperactive, running, jumping… but that doesn’t mean they are having ADHD. However, if you notice that the kid cannot concentrate on anything in a short while (around 10 minutes), this could be the warning sign of ADHD in pre-school children.
In school age children, the behaviors of the ones with ADHD will be different from the pre-school kids. You can notice that those children usually breaking the rules, defiant… In addition, the inattention can be observed in the incompletion of assigned tasks, homework…
When the children grow a little more, at adolescence, the warning signs will be different too. At this age, the amount of knowledge, works to handle increases dramatically. Children with ADHD in this age can be noticed by lack of concentration, bad attitude toward school, poor organizing skill and poor studying results.
Besides observing, it is also important to apply other methods such as asking the kids’ parents for their behavior at home and further monitoring at school to fully sure whether they have ADHD or not. Recognizing the problem at the initial phase will help you a great deal in the treatment phase.